As the Russian advance in the east continues with Russian soldiers who have entered the center of Severodonetsk, there is high tension on the hypothesis that the US will supply Ukraine with missile equipment with a range of up to 80 km.
Meanwhile, no one is ruling out the Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
's proposal to meet Russian President
Vladimir Putin
, but some documents should be finalized.
This was stated by the Kremlin quoted by Interfax.
CLASH ON MISSILES
The US will provide
Ukraine
with "more advanced" missile systems to hit "strategic targets", announces
Biden
.
The American president would refer to the Himars launchers, which would be supplied to Kiev with ammunition capable of a maximum range of 80 km.
"We are not encouraging Ukraine to strike beyond its borders," Biden specifies.
"An extremely negative fact", the reaction of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Serghiei Ryabkov, to the new US military support package in Kiev.
Ria Novosti writes that Ryabkov "noted that any supply of weapons to Kiev increases
the risk of a confrontation
direct between the United States and Russia ". The US supply of MLRS multiple rocket launchers to Kiev would risk causing a widening of the conflict with the involvement of third countries, said Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov, quoted by Tass." The requests for weapons foreigners from Ukraine are provocations that aim to involve the West in the conflict ", added the head of diplomacy in Moscow. Meanwhile, the Russian nuclear forces are carrying out exercises in the Ivanovo province, northeast of Moscow: announced today the Russian Defense Ministry The frigate
Admiral Golovko
equipped with hypersonic weapons, it will enter service in the Russian Northern Fleet by the end of this year, said the Commander Admiral of the Fleet, Alexander Moiseev today.
"Please do not use wheat, a staple food, as a weapon of war":
this is the appeal launched by the Pope.
Von der Leyen, 'do everything possible to make Putin fail'.
NEW PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS
The sixth EU sanctions package against Russia for the war in Ukraine
will be formalized today in
Brussels by the ambassadors of the 27.
"We are pressing for maritime corridors to be created for the transport of food raw materials, especially wheat, from Ukrainian ports. For this to happen, it is necessary to
clear the waters in front of the ports.
, in particular that of Odessa, against the Russian guarantee of the safe transit of cargoes.
Italy has already given its willingness to participate in any demining operations and intends to favor a central role of the UN and possibly of other partners, such as Turkey, in the effective development and coordination of operations ". Thus the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at Question Time The presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have agreed that
Turkey will help organize the demining
of Ukrainian ports, Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov reported, quoted by Tass.
Ukraine, Chernobyl: desolation in the nearby abandoned city of Pripyat
RUSSIANS ENTERING THE CENTER OF SEVERODONETSK
"The clashes continue. The enemy has reached the center of Severodonetsk and is trying to gain a foothold there."
This was reported by the spokesman of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, quoted by UNIAN.
"Now the enemy has concentrated its maximum reserves there to reach the Lugansk region border. Their main tactical objective now is to take full control of the city of Severodonetsk. They also want to surround Lysychansk," the Kiev spokesman added.
UNICEF, CHILDREN THE FIRST VICTIMS
According to UNICEF, "almost 100 days of war in Ukraine have had devastating consequences for children, of a scale and speed never seen since the Second World War: 3 million children in Ukraine and over 2 million. , 2 million children in refugee host countries are now in need of humanitarian assistance. "
About 2 out of 3 children have been displaced by the fighting.
According to reports verified by the Ohchr (the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights), every day in Ukraine on average more than 2 children are killed and over 4m injured - most of them in attacks with explosive weapons in populated areas.
'WE WILL NOT ATTACK RUSSIA'
Ukraine has no intention of attacking Russia: President Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with the US broadcaster Newsmax TV commenting on media rumors that Kiev could use the Himars missile systems it will receive from the United States to strike targets on Russian territory.
"I know that people in the United States are saying, or someone in the White House is saying, that we could use them (the Himars, ed) to attack Russia. We have no intention of attacking Russia. We are not interested in the Russian Federation. We are not. fighting on their territory, "Zelensky said.
Ukraine's position as a "defensive perimeter" for the world against Russia means that Kiev cannot "give up" anything: so Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an interview with the American news site Newsmax.
"We are not ready to give up any of our territories, because our territories are our territories: it is our independence, our sovereignty; this is the problem," Zelenskyy said acknowledging that "there are some difficulties with some territories. are some details, but all these difficulties could be discussed and those discussions would be necessary to stop the war. "
Ukraine is losing 60 to 100 soldiers every day, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the US channel Newsmax, which was filmed by CNN and Tass.
"The situation in the east is very difficult. Every day we lose 60 to 100 soldiers and count something like 500 wounded in combat," Zelensky said.
ANSA agency
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